A Shadow that is afraid of the dark

 

Shadow (2018)

Directed by Zhang Yimou this film stars Deng Chao, Sun Li, Hu Jun and Zheng Kai. A man serves as the double for the commander of the armies of his kingdom.

There is some crossover here with Kagemusha (1980) and Alexander Nevsky (1938) which I really enjoyed and I have really loved some of the films of Zhang Yimou in the past however this film falls a bit flat. I can understand the artistic choice of making the film so black and white visually but it makes the film a lot less beautiful than Yimou's past films which have had amazing use of colour. In the end this is a pretty standard wuxia film that takes a little while to get going.

3/5